Tag Archive for remake

Seen: On our projector set-up, streamed from Miles‘s computer. Ernest Borgnine’s passing reminded me that I had never seen Marty, the romantic drama for which he won a Best Actor Oscar. Adapted from the made-for-tv film, it follows the title…

Seen: On netflix instant on my tv. It’s no secret I’m a big fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, and for the longest time True Lies is the main one I felt was missing in my viewing, especially since I really…

Seen: At Loews Boston Common, in 3D. I saw the original Fright Night for the first time last year at the Coolidge Corner Horror Marathon, and while I enjoyed it, I was pretty surprised when it was getting a remake.…

This was my last IFF Boston movie, and a follow-up to a long but exciting day at Boston Comic Con that afternoon. In 13 Assassins, Takashi Miike presents a surprisingly straightforward tale taking place in the late Edo Period. Lord…

So somebody (me) got to see a screening of the Coen brothers’ new film True Grit. Despite waiting in the cold for half an hour it was pretty cool. A few days prior I had watched the original True Grit…